# Impostor 0.0.1 Released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/impostor-0-0-1-released/128555>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 8, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/impostor-0-0-1-released/128555 "2008-02-08T19:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mike-moscow](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike-moscow)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/impostor-0-0-1-released/128555/1 "2008-02-08T19:55:24Z")

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impostor version 0.0.1 has been released!

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- [http://impostor.rubyforge.org/](http://impostor.rubyforge.org/)

Makes automatic posts to the following forum applications:

- Web Wiz Forums (WWF) 7.9
- Web Wiz Forums (WWF) 8.0
- PHP Bullitin Board (phpBB) 2.0 (2.0.22)

## SYNOPSIS:

# config yaml has options specefic to wwf79, wwf80, phpbb2, etc.

# read the impostor docs for options to the kind of forum in use

# config can be keyed by symbols or strings

config = YAML::load\_file(‘conf/impostor.yml’)  
post = WWW::Impostor.new(config)  
message = %q{hello world is to application  
programmers as tea pots are to graphics programmers}

# your application stores forum and topic ids

post.post(forum=5,topic=10,message)

# make a new topic

subject = “about programmers…”  
post.new\_topic(forum=7,subject,message)  
post.logout

Changes:

## 0.0.1 / 2008-02-02

- 1 major enhancement

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- [http://impostor.rubyforge.org/](http://impostor.rubyforge.org/)